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href="/wiki/Francis_William_Ogilvy-Grant,_10th_Earl_of_Seafield" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield">Lord Reidhaven</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">439 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">378 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">53.73% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">46.27% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>MP before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Shrimski" title="Samuel Shrimski">Samuel Shrimski</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected MP</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Hislop" title="Thomas William Hislop">Thomas William Hislop</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Oamaru by-election 1885</b> was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Zealand_by-elections" title="List of New Zealand by-elections">by-election</a> held in the <a href="/wiki/Oamaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Oamaru (New Zealand electorate)">Oamaru</a> electorate during the <a href="/wiki/9th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="9th New Zealand Parliament">9th New Zealand Parliament</a>, on 20 May 1885. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Shrimski" title="Samuel Shrimski">Samuel Shrimski</a>, who was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a>, and was won by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Hislop" title="Thomas William Hislop">Thomas William Hislop</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_Oamaru_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%931876_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1875–1876 New Zealand general election">1876 election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a> became a two-member electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198939–44_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198939–44-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four candidates put their names forward. Steward and Joseph O'Meagher contested the election as abolitionists (i.e. they were in favour of abolishing the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand" title="Provinces of New Zealand">provincial government</a>), while <a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Hislop" title="Thomas William Hislop">Thomas William Hislop</a> and Shrimski were provincialists (i.e. they favoured the retention of provincial government).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The provincialists won the election by quite some margin, and both became members of parliament for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hislop and Shrimski were both confirmed in the <a href="/wiki/1879_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1879 New Zealand general election">1879 election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985205,_234_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985205,_234-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Hislop resigned on 28 April 1880 "for private reasons".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985205_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985205-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECyclopedia_Company_Limited189783_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECyclopedia_Company_Limited189783-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From <a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881</a> onwards, Waitaki became a single-member constituency again, and Shrimski won the re-constituted <a href="/wiki/Oamaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Oamaru (New Zealand electorate)">Oamaru</a> electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985234_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985234-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1884_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1884 New Zealand general election">1884 general election</a>, Shrimski was challenged by <a href="/wiki/Francis_William_Ogilvy-Grant,_10th_Earl_of_Seafield" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield">Viscount Reidhaven</a> (who later became the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Seafield" title="Earl of Seafield">Earl of Seafield</a> when he succeeded his <a href="/wiki/James_Ogilvy-Grant,_9th_Earl_of_Seafield" class="mw-redirect" title="James Ogilvy-Grant, 9th Earl of Seafield">father</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1884_declaration_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1884_declaration-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shrimski resigned on 28 March 1885 and was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a> on 15 May 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985164,_234_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985164,_234-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shrimski was one of an unprecedented nine appointments made by the <a href="/wiki/Stout%E2%80%93Vogel_Ministry,_1884%E2%80%931887" class="mw-redirect" title="Stout–Vogel Ministry, 1884–1887">Stout–Vogel Ministry</a> in 1885, which inflated the council's membership to 54.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson197250_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson197250-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three other appointments also caused by-elections in the <a href="/wiki/1885_Tauranga_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1885 Tauranga by-election">Tauranga</a>, <a href="/wiki/1885_Waimea_by-election" title="1885 Waimea by-election">Waimea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1885_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1885 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori</a> electorates.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_election">The election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_Oamaru_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shrimski's resignation became public knowledge on 28 March 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hislop was first discussed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oamaru_Mail" title="The Oamaru Mail">The Oamaru Mail</a></i> as a likely candidate three days later, but he declared that he would only become a candidate if the electors so wished.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reidhaven first advertised his candidacy on 6 April.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/William_Hutchison_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Hutchison (New Zealand politician)">William Hutchison</a>'s possible candidacy was discussed in the media, but nothing came of it.<sup id="cite_ref-public_meeting_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-public_meeting-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A large meeting was held on Friday evening of 10 April for "liberal electors only" to choose a representative for the upcoming by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-public_meeting_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-public_meeting-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The candidacies of Hislop, who was in attendance, and Reidhaven, who was otherwise engaged, were discussed. Hislop was eventually proposed by one of the attendees, with three quarters of the electors supporting his nomination, and nobody voting against the motion. Nobody proposed Reidhaven.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nomination meeting was held on 13 May, where Hislop and Reidhaven were formally put forward as candidates, with Hislop winning the show of hands.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Timaru" title="Timaru">Timaru</a> evening paper wrote the following endorsement of Hislop just before the election, which <i>The Oamaru Mail</i> quoted in its 16 May edition:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>Mr Hislop is an old and active citizen of Oamaru, of liberal views and progressive energy, one too who has seen a good deal of public life. Above all, Mr Hislop has been the consistent foe of land monopoly. His noble opponent has just been called out of a position of obscurity to the enjoyment of a title. His political views have not yet been enunciated, his fitness for parliamentary honors [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] has never yet been tested. He is an entirely untried man. A man who has filled representative public positions with credit is the most eligible candidate.</p></blockquote> <p>Hislop won the by-election with a majority of 61 votes (7.47%).<sup id="cite_ref-1885_by-election_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1885_by-election-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_Oamaru_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1884_election">1884 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_Oamaru_by-election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1884 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1884 general election was contested by two candidates in the Oamaru electorate. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1884_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1884 New Zealand general election">1884 general election</a>: Oamaru<sup id="cite_ref-1884_declaration_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1884_declaration-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-General_Election,_1884_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-General_Election,_1884-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Shrimski" title="Samuel Shrimski">Samuel Shrimski</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>483 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.26% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.39% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ogilvy-Grant,_10th_Earl_of_Seafield" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield">Lord Reidhaven</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">391 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.74% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.53% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">874 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.29% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.27% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,381 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1885_by-election">1885 by-election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_Oamaru_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1885 by-election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1885 Oamaru by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-1885_by-election_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1885_by-election-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Hislop" title="Thomas William Hislop">Thomas William Hislop</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>439 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.73% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ogilvy-Grant,_10th_Earl_of_Seafield" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield">Lord Reidhaven</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">378 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.27% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.53% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.47% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.06% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">817 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57.09% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.19% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,381 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_Oamaru_by-election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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Parliament">1st Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1854_Town_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1854 Town of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_Waimea_by-election" title="1854 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_City_of_Auckland_by-election" title="1854 City of Auckland by-election">City of Auckland, 1854</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2nd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="2nd New Zealand Parliament">2nd Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1856_Motueka_and_Massacre_Bay_by-election" title="1856 Motueka and Massacre Bay by-election">Motueka and Massacre Bay, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Christchurch_Country_by-election" title="1856 Christchurch Country by-election">Christchurch Country, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1856 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Town_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1856 Town of Christchurch by-election">Christchurch, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Hutt_by-election" title="1856 Hutt by-election">Hutt, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_City_of_Auckland_by-election" title="1858 City of Auckland by-election">Auckland, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Pensioner_Settlements_by-election" title="1858 Pensioner Settlements by-election">Pensioner Settlements, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Southern_Division_by-election" title="1858 Southern Division by-election">Southern Division, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1858 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Waimea_by-election" title="1858 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Wairau_by-election" title="1858 Wairau by-election">Wairau, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Town_of_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1858 Town of Lyttelton by-election">Town of Lyttelton, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Akaroa_by-election" title="1858 Akaroa by-election">Akaroa, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Dunedin_Country_by-election" title="1858 Dunedin Country by-election">Dunedin Country, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Wairarapa_and_Hawke%27s_Bay_by-election" title="1858 Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay by-election">Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_City_of_Wellington_by-election" title="1858 City of Wellington by-election">Wellington, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Wellington_Country_by-election" title="1858 Wellington Country by-election">Wellington Country, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Hutt_by-election" title="1858 Hutt by-election">Hutt, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Town_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1859 Town of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1859</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supplementary elections, 1859</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Cheviot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Marsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Wairarapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd Parliament (continued)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1859_Waimea_by-election" title="1859 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Town_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1860 Town of Christchurch by-election">Christchurch, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1860_Suburbs_of_Auckland_by-election" title="January 1860 Suburbs of Auckland by-election">Suburbs of Auckland, Jan 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1860_Suburbs_of_Auckland_by-election" title="April 1860 Suburbs of Auckland by-election">Suburbs of Auckland, Apr 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_1860_Suburbs_of_Auckland_by-election" title="August 1860 Suburbs of Auckland by-election">Suburbs of Auckland, Aug 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Dunedin_Country_by-election" title="1860 Dunedin Country by-election">Dunedin Country, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Christchurch_Country_by-elections" title="1860 Christchurch Country by-elections">Christchurch Country, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_City_of_Auckland_by-election" title="1860 City of Auckland by-election">Auckland, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Omata_by-election" title="1860 Omata by-election">Omata, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_County_of_Hawke_by-election" title="1860 County of Hawke by-election">County of Hawke, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Northern_Division_by-election" title="1860 Northern Division by-election">Northern Division, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1860 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1860</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/3rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="3rd New Zealand Parliament">3rd Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1861_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1861 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Suburbs_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1861 Suburbs of Nelson by-election">Suburbs of Nelson, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Napier_by-election" title="1861 Napier by-election">Napier, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Wanganui_by-election" title="1861 Wanganui by-election">Wanganui, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_City_of_Dunedin_by-elections" title="1862 City of Dunedin by-elections">Dunedin, 1862 </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1862 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Ellesmere_by-election" title="1862 Ellesmere by-election">Ellesmere, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Avon_by-election" title="1862 Avon by-election">Avon, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Heathcote_by-election" title="1862 Heathcote by-election">Heathcote, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1862 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Bruce_by-election" title="1862 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Hampden_by-election" title="1862 Hampden by-election">Hampden, 1862</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supplementary elections, 1863</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1863_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Dunedin and Suburbs North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1863_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Gold Fields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd Parliament (continued)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1863_Dunedin_and_Suburbs_South_by-election" title="1863 Dunedin and Suburbs South by-election">Dunedin and Suburbs South, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Hampden_by-election" title="1863 Hampden by-election">Hampden, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1863 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Dunedin_and_Suburbs_North_by-election" title="1863 Dunedin and Suburbs North by-election">Dunedin and Suburbs North, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1863 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Heathcote_by-election" title="1863 Heathcote by-election">Heathcote, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Akaroa_by-election" title="1863 Akaroa by-election">Akaroa, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Franklin_by-election" title="1864 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1864 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Waimea_by-election" title="1864 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1865_Bruce_by-election" title="April 1865 Bruce by-election">Bruce, Apr 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Raglan_by-election" title="1865 Raglan by-election">Raglan, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Parnell_by-election" title="1865 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1865 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1865_Bruce_by-election" title="July 1865 Bruce by-election">Bruce, Jul 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Gold_Fields_by-election" title="1865 Gold Fields by-election">Gold Fields, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1865 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Omata_by-election" title="1865 Omata by-election">Omata, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Wairarapa_by-election" title="1865 Wairarapa by-election">Wairarapa, 1865</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/4th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="4th New Zealand Parliament">4th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1866_Mount_Herbert_by-election" title="1866 Mount Herbert by-election">Mount Herbert, 1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_Port_Chalmers_by-election" title="1866 Port Chalmers by-election">Port Chalmers, 1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1867 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1867 City of Christchurch by-election">City of Christchurch, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Avon_by-election" title="1867 Avon by-election">Avon, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Manuherikia_by-election" title="1867 Manuherikia by-election">Manuherikia, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Wanganui_by-election" title="1867 Wanganui by-election">Wanganui, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1867 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1867 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Raglan_by-election" title="1867 Raglan by-election">Raglan, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Parnell_by-election" title="1867 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Port_Chalmers_by-election" title="1867 Port Chalmers by-election">Port Chalmers, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Waimea_by-election" title="1867 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1867 Lyttelton by-election">Lyttelton, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1867 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Picton_by-election" title="1867 Picton by-election">Picton, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Pensioner_Settlements_by-election" title="1867 Pensioner Settlements by-election">Pensioner Settlements, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Ashley_by-election" title="1867 Ashley by-election">Ashley, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Omata_by-election" title="1868 Omata by-election">Omata, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Collingwood_by-election" title="1868 Collingwood by-election">Collingwood, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Westland_Boroughs_by-election" title="1868 Westland Boroughs by-election">Westland Boroughs, 1868</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supplementary elections, 1868</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1868_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Westland North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1868_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Westland South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_M%C4%81ori_elections" title="First Māori elections">First Māori elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Maori" title="Eastern Maori">Eastern Maori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Maori" title="Northern Maori">Northern Maori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Maori" title="Southern Maori">Southern Maori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maori" title="Western Maori">Western Maori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th Parliament (continued)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1868_Avon_by-election" title="1868 Avon by-election">Avon, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Picton_by-election" title="1868 Picton by-election">Picton, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1868 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Franklin_by-election" title="1868 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1868 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1868 Lyttelton by-election">Lyttelton, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Timaru_by-election" title="1868 Timaru by-election">Timaru, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1868 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Marsden_by-election" title="1869 Marsden by-election">Marsden, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Roslyn_by-election" title="1869 Roslyn by-election">Roslyn, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1869 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Newton_by-election" title="1869 Newton by-election">Newton, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1869 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1869 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Wallace_by-elections" title="1869 Wallace by-elections">Wallace, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Oamaru_by-election" title="1869 Oamaru by-election">Oamaru, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Taieri_by-election" title="1869 Taieri by-election">Taieri, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Bruce_by-election" title="1870 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Mongonui_by-election" title="1870 Mongonui by-election">Mongonui, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Caversham_by-election" title="1870 Caversham by-election">Caversham, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Omata_by-election" title="1870 Omata by-election">Omata, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Parnell_by-election" title="1870 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Riverton_by-election" title="1870 Riverton by-election">Riverton, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Westland_North_by-election" title="1870 Westland North by-election">Westland North, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1870 City of Christchurch by-election">City of Christchurch, 1870</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/5th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="5th New Zealand Parliament">5th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1871_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1871 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Roslyn_by-election" title="1871 Roslyn by-election">Roslyn, 1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Wairau_by-election" title="1872 Wairau by-election">Wairau, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Waikato_by-election" title="1872 Waikato by-election">Waikato, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Wakatipu_by-election" title="1872 Wakatipu by-election">Wakatipu, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Rodney_by-election" title="1872 Rodney by-election">Rodney, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1872 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1872 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Coleridge_by-election" title="1872 Coleridge by-election">Coleridge, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Heathcote_by-election" title="1872 Heathcote by-election">Heathcote, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Caversham_by-election" title="1872 Caversham by-election">Caversham, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Egmont_by-election" title="1872 Egmont by-election">Egmont 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Suburbs_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1873 Suburbs of Nelson by-election">Suburbs of Nelson, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1873 Lyttelton by-election">Lyttelton, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Invercargill_by-election" title="1873 Invercargill by-election">Invercargill, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1873 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Mongonui_and_Bay_of_Islands_by-election" title="1873 Mongonui and Bay of Islands by-election">Mongonui and Bay of Islands, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Wakatipu_by-election" title="1873 Wakatipu by-election">Wakatipu, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Collingwood_by-election" title="1873 Collingwood by-election">Collingwood, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Franklin_by-election" title="1874 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Akaroa_by-elections" title="1874 Akaroa by-elections">Akaroa, 1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1874 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Waitemata_by-elections" title="1874 Waitemata by-elections">Waitemata,1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1875 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_City_of_Auckland_West_by-elections" title="1875 City of Auckland West by-elections">Auckland West, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1875 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1875 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Wairau_by-election" title="1875 Wairau by-election">Wairau, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Wallace_by-election" title="1875 Wallace by-election">Wallace, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Caversham_by-election" title="1875 Caversham by-election">Caversham, 1875</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/6th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="6th New Zealand Parliament">6th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1876_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1876 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Wanganui_by-election" title="1876 Wanganui by-election">Wanganui, 1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Napier_by-election" title="1877 Napier by-election">Napier, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_City_of_Wellington_by-election" title="1877 City of Wellington by-election">Wellington, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Totara_by-election" title="1877 Totara by-election">Totara, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1877 City of Auckland West by-election">City of Auckland West, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Wairarapa_by-election" title="1877 Wairarapa by-election">Wairarapa, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_City_of_Wellington_by-election" title="1878 City of Wellington by-election">Wellington, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Parnell_by-election" title="1878 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Timaru_by-election" title="1878 Timaru by-election">Timaru, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Port_Chalmers_by-election" title="1878 Port Chalmers by-election">Port Chalmers, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Franklin_by-election" title="1878 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Cheviot_by-election" title="1878 Cheviot by-election">Cheviot, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Grey_Valley_by-election" title="1878 Grey Valley by-election">Grey Valley, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Hokitika_by-election" title="1878 Hokitika by-election">Hokitika, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1878 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Taieri_by-election" title="1878 Taieri by-election">Taieri, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Invercargill_by-election" title="1878 Invercargill by-election">Invercargill, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Waipa_by-election" title="1878 Waipa by-election">Waipa, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Roslyn_by-election" title="1878 Roslyn by-election">Roslyn, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Gladstone_by-election" title="1879 Gladstone by-election">Gladstone, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Mataura_by-election" title="1879 Mataura by-election">Mataura, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1879 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1879 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Coleridge_by-election" title="1879 Coleridge by-election">Coleridge, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Hutt_by-election" title="1879 Hutt by-election">Hutt, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Eastern_Maori_by-election" title="1879 Eastern Maori by-election">Eastern Maori, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1879 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1879 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1879</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/7th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="7th New Zealand Parliament">7th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1880_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1880 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Waitaki_by-election" title="1880 Waitaki by-election">Waitaki, 1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Waikaia_by-election" title="1880 Waikaia by-election">Waikaia, 1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Suburbs_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1881 Suburbs of Nelson by-election">Suburbs of Nelson, 1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1881 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori, 1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1881 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Grey_Valley_by-election" title="1881 Grey Valley by-election">Grey Valley, 1881</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/8th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="8th New Zealand Parliament">8th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1882_Franklin_North_by-election" title="1882 Franklin North by-election">Franklin North, 1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Wakanui_by-election" title="1882 Wakanui by-election">Wakanui, 1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Stanmore_by-election" title="1882 Stanmore by-election">Stanmore, 1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Peninsula_by-election" title="1883 Peninsula by-election">Peninsula, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Selwyn_by-election" title="1883 Selwyn by-election">Selwyn, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Inangahua_by-election" title="1883 Inangahua by-election">Inangahua, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Bruce_by-election" title="1883 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Selwyn_by-election" title="1884 Selwyn by-election">Selwyn, 1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Thorndon_by-election" title="1884 Thorndon by-election">Thorndon, 1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1884 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_East_Coast_by-election" title="1884 East Coast by-election">East Coast, 1884</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/9th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="9th New Zealand Parliament">9th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oamaru, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Tauranga_by-elections" title="1885 Tauranga by-elections">Tauranga, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Waimea_by-election" title="1885 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1885 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Wakanui_by-election" title="1885 Wakanui by-election">Wakanui, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Bruce_by-election" title="1885 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Sydenham_by-election" title="1886 Sydenham by-election">Sydenham, 1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Dunedin_Central_by-election" title="1886 Dunedin Central by-election">Dunedin Central, 1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Waitemata_by-election" title="1886 Waitemata by-election">Waitemata, 1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Western_Maori_by-election" title="1886 Western Maori by-election">Western Maori, 1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Heathcote_by-election" title="1887 Heathcote by-election">Heathcote, 1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Port_Chalmers_by-election" title="1887 Port Chalmers by-election">Port Chalmers, 1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Te_Aro_by-election" title="1887 Te Aro by-election">Te Aro, 1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Northern_Maori_by-election" title="1887 Northern Maori by-election">Northern Maori, 1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Avon_by-election" title="1887 Avon by-election">Avon, 1887</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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